Call for Speakers
KCD Texas 2026
15 May 2026
TCEA Conference Center Austin, Texas, United States
🚀 Call for Speakers: KCD Texas 2026 🌟
Are you ready to lead the conversation on cloud-native innovation? On May 15, 2026, KCD Texas will take over the TCEA Conference Center for a day filled with cutting-edge discussions, hands-on learning, and networking with the Kubernetes and cloud-native community. This community-driven event, hosted by volunteers of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), is where big Texas ideas meet the Kubernetes ecosystem.
We’re calling for visionary speakers to lead transformative sessions, including:
🎓 Hands-On Workshops
Guide attendees through Kubernetes-related projects, real-world problem-solving, and practical implementation. Help participants build confidence and technical expertise to innovate within their cloud-native environments.
🎤 Interactive Sessions
Share your insights, present unique use cases, or showcase live demos. Equip attendees with actionable strategies to tackle cloud-native challenges and drive adoption of Kubernetes and CNCF tools.
Whether you're an experienced presenter or a first-timer with fresh ideas, KCD Texas is the perfect platform to showcase your knowledge, foster collaboration, and inspire innovation within the community.
Submit your talk today and help us shape the future of cloud-native technologies. Together, let’s create an unforgettable day of learning and impact in Austin! 🌐✨
Call for Speakers
15 Dec 2025
15 Feb 2026
🎤 Share What You’re Building at KCD Texas 2026!
KCD Texas is looking for practitioners who ship, break, and fix real systems every day. If you are running Kubernetes or cloud-native tooling in production, building platforms for developers, or maintaining open source in this space, the community wants to learn from you!
Skip the buzzwords and marketing slides. Bring the hard-earned lessons, design trade-offs, outages, and wins that other engineers can apply on Monday. First time presenter? Experience speaker? All are welcome to submit and share their ideas!
💡 Session Ideas:
Software delivery and deployment pipelines
Observability in practice (metrics, logs, traces, profiles)
Open source projects and the ecosystem around them
Platform engineering and internal developer platforms
Service mesh and traffic management
Kubernetes at the edge and in weird places
Machine learning and data pipelines on Kubernetes
Container Networking and CNIs
Batch and job workloads
ML infrastructure and MLOps
Wasm and Kubernetes
Serverless on top of Kubernetes
📅 Important Dates
CFS Opens: December 15, 2025
CFS Closes: February 15, 2026
CFS Notifications: March 9, 2026
Schedule Announced: TBD
Event Date: Friday, May 15, 2026
Don’t miss the chance to inspire, educate, and connect with the Kubernetes community. Together, let’s make KCD Texas 2026 an unforgettable experience!
COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS
KCD Texas is committed to inclusivity and representation. Please review The Linux Foundation’s Inclusive Speaker Orientation and Inclusive Language guidelines before submitting your talk.
By submitting, you agree to follow the CNCF Code of Conduct and help keep this a safe, welcoming space for everyone.
KCD Texas is unable to sponsor visas or travel.
Questions about your idea or submission? Reach out any time: organizers-texas@kubernetescommunitydays.org
Come teach, learn, and swap war stories with the Kubernetes community in Texas!
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